Trending Programmers in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed programmers on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Chinese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of China. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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9,117
Total Views (May 2026)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
5,155
views
views
2
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
513
views
views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
323
views
views
4
Sam Altman
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)
312
views
views
5
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
239
views
views
6
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
161
views
views
7
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
140
views
views
8
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
98
views
views
9
Ruan Xiaohuan
Chinese blogger, dissident
91
views
views
10
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
84
views
views
11
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
78
views
views
12
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
77
views
views
13
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
72
views
views
14
Jixian Wang
Chinese video blogger and computer engineer from Ukraine
71
views
views
15
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
62
views
views
16
Natachai Boonprasert
Thai actor
62
views
views
17
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
56
views
views
18
Liu Wei
Chinese entrepreneur (born 1987)
55
views
views
19
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
52
views
views
20
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
50
views
views
21
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
48
views
views
22
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
47
views
views
23
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
42
views
views
24
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
40
views
views
25
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
40
views
views
26
李磊 (1971年)
Chinese politician
40
views
views
27
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
37
views
views
28
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
29
views
views
29
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
29
views
views
30
Kensuke Ushio
Japanese composer, keyboardist (1983-)
27
views
views
31
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
26
views
views
32
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
26
views
views
33
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
24
views
views
34
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
24
views
views
35
Zhang Xiaolong
Chinese computer programmer, known for creating WeChat and Foxmail
23
views
views
36
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
23
views
views
37
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
23
views
views
38
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
21
views
views
39
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
21
views
views
40
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
21
views
views
41
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
21
views
views
42
Aja Huang
Taiwanese programmer
20
views
views
43
Jack Dorsey
American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
20
views
views
44
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
19
views
views
45
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
19
views
views
46
Luo Yuhao
miHoYo founder
18
views
views
47
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
18
views
views
48
Timothy Huang
18
views
views
49
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
17
views
views
50
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
17
views
views
51
Peter Naur
Danish computer scientist (1928–2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference report
17
views
views
52
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
16
views
views
53
Hao Chen
Chinese programmer
16
views
views
54
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
16
views
views
55
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
15
views
views
56
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
15
views
views
57
Tiancheng Lou
Chinese businessman and computer programmer
14
views
views
58
盧大為
14
views
views
59
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
14
views
views
60
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
14
views
views
61
Junichi Masuda
Japanese video game developer
14
views
views
62
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
14
views
views
63
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
13
views
views
64
Naomi Wu
Chinese DIY maker
13
views
views
65
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
13
views
views
66
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
12
views
views
67
John Romero
American video game designer
12
views
views
68
Scott Forstall
American software engineer
12
views
views
69
劉重次
12
views
views
70
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
12
views
views
71
Yuyuko Takemiya
Japanese writer
11
views
views
72
Gary Kildall
American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)
11
views
views
73
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Mark Cerny
American video game designer
11
views
views
74
Andrew Bosworth
American computer scientist
10
views
views
75
Cleve Moler
American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
10
views
views
76
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
10
views
views
77
Barnaby Jack
New Zealand hacker, programmer and computer security professional
10
views
views
78
Rob Pike
software engineer
10
views
views
79
Brad Fitzpatrick
American programmer and creator of LiveJournal
10
views
views
80
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
10
views
views
81
黃敬群
10
views
views
82
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
10
views
views
83
Phil Katz
American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)
10
views
views
84
Howard Scott Warshaw
American game designer and psychotherapist (born 1957)
10
views
views
85
Eugene Kaspersky
Russian specialist in the information security field
10
views
views
86
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language
10
views
views
87
Yan Junjie
Chinese businessman (born 1989)
10
views
views
88
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
9
views
views
89
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
9
views
views
90
Corrinne Yu
American game programmer
9
views
views
91
George Hotz
American hacker
9
views
views
92
Daito Manabe
Japanese media artist (1976-)
9
views
views
93
Håkon Wium Lie
Norwegian software engineer
9
views
views
94
Larry Tesler
American computer scientist (1945–2020)
9
views
views
95
Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer
9
views
views
96
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
9
views
views
97
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
9
views
views
98
Leonard Adleman
American computer scientist
9
views
views
99
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux kernel developer
9
views
views
100
Hiroshi Yūki
Japanese programmer and author
9
views
views